Countries
Fiji, India
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Urdu
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4451
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3335
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Namaskara
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
yedde kaande
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Barpe
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Jain
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Girijan
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
4.70 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
260.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
Tulu
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
hindi
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German Name
Hindi
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Tuluva
Origin
7th Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Tulu
Language Position
523
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
hin
tul
ISO 639 3
hin
tcy
ISO 639 6
hins
tcy
Glottocode
hind1269
tulu1258
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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